Are you talking standard cassettes or micro? (sm)
Posted By: MTMTMT on 2008-09-09
In Reply to: By the number of responses... - Sampriss
If you mean micro, then the transcribers are fairly cheap on ebay (under $60). If you mean standard cassettes, then I have no idea. :)
As for rates, you could charge a line rate and then a mileage fee if that would work for you.
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Mini cassettes
I have a friend who has mini cassettes that need to be transcribed from father on WWII stories. What would be the easiest/fastest way to transcribe these? Do I need a special machine, of course I want the foot pedal/headphones, but I do not know if possible as I do not have a mini cassette machine with those capabilities and I surely do not want to manually rewind, FF, etc. Any suggestions to help her out? She wants me to transcribe them and will pay me and I do not know what to charge either if I can even do it. 
mini cassettes
I'm pretty sure Lanier makes (or made) a machine with headphones and speakers that would fit those sized tapes. Maybe you could contact their website and see if you can get your hands on a used one. As far as what to charge, well if she's your friend, that's up to you. 
Line rate for cassettes...
Good morning all...
I put in a bid to do the transcription for a local company. It involves daily pick up and drop of cassettes with a 24 turn around. This would be for providers at 2 locations.
I was asked to find what the going rate for this service is before they will consider my bid. I realize location and cost of living would factor into this equation, but was interested in hearing from others in similar situation in what they charge and what services they provide.
Thank you all for your help!
Micro cassette...
I already have my machine. Do love that ebay though! 
What is the best micro-cassette transcriber? SM
Believe it or not, some docs still use tapes. I have a Sony transcriber but the tape fades in and out. If I let off the foot pedal and then play again, the tape will get louder and clear and then gradually fade again. It's really annoying and I'm thinking it's the transcriber. Is there a machine out there that will play a tape with more clarity and consistency?
Thanks, I have Trend Micro. I'll try that.
Just supposedly it might not work with some programs. Has anyone had trouble with Trend Micro having problems with certain software or programs?
Trend Micro is the only security software I use.
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I have Trend Micro PC-cillin and have never gotten a warning for this site nm
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CA Bay area, two accounts still on micro, one at 0.15 the other @ 0.17 gross line. nm
Looking for a machine or something that will convert micro tapes to wave files
Any suggestions?
Thank you!
Adware is extremely limited. Try Trend Micro House Call.
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Trend Micro House Call. It is free, and mine moves must speedier now.
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Wait a minute, I'm not just talking about the boards, I'm talking about the news article.
Specifically,
"JLG has a contract with Arrendale Associates/ A+Network/CBay Scribe, which the group says is in India.
A letter from JLG to Barbara Dingman, chief compliance officer and director of health information management, says all medical transcriptionists assigned to the Medical Center Hospital account live in the U.S. and all work is done in America."
But yet they do business with Arrendale/A+/CBay, what am I missing here?
I'm talking about MT school, not K-12, which is where I learned most of what you are talking abou
My clients DO NOT LIKE IT when I correct their wrong crap - did you actually read what I said?
I'm not talking about ignorant as in grammar or spelling. I'm talking about sm
ignorant in general.
There is no standard and most of us are not
privy to that information.
There is no standard.
It will depend on how much experience you have and how well you are doing with the work. My first company kept me on QA for 6 weeks, although they typically kept new MTs on QA for the first 12. My second company kept me on QA for 2 days, and for my current company I sent 3 reports through QA and then was released.
Definitely not the standard. I would not
work anywhere where I had to pay to use their software. Keep looking, there are good jobs out there.
the pay seemed standard
BUT good luck getting on. I was hired, given a start date, and 3 weeks later finally quit because I had 3 different people asking for the exact same paperwork that had been sent.
Me too. It's always been the standard for a
reason, because it makes it easier to read. It's a crock & I don't plan to quit putting 2 spaces after a period.
Unfortunately, this is the standard.
If 4 cpl is the VR rate, then you are getting paid, but if they had stated a certain number of hours or days for training pay, then you should receive that amount specified as training pay. If they simply said you're paid for training, that could very well mean that you will be paid your training rate for your 1.5 hours of training. What company is it?
these tests are standard for this age and despite what sm
poster below said; they are usually done with routine pap smears and sometimes no mention is ever made from doc about what they are doing. fight ins company.
That's kind of standard, isn't it? I mean (SM)
every hospital and every MT company I've ever worked for, to be a full-time employee you had to account for 40 hours a week, either by working it, or taking PTO, unless you were covered under FMLA.
I think sometimes we expect even more flexibility working from home and forget the fact that working from home IS flexibility -- not having to go into the office, being in the comfort of our home (if we want our children or family around us, that is our option--not so in an office), etc.
The 40-hour expectation is very standard, in my experience. You have PTO to use for when you cannot make up your absence. My guess is they will offer more PTO with this new plan coming up.
Try not to panic or be upset. No one knows what the new plan will be. We will each have to decide if the new plan is what we need or not. If it isn't, thank goodness there are other companies to work for out there.
Please try to relax.
Wow. That's quite contrary to the standard.
Usually, 32 hours is part-time and 37 starts full-time.
You've been quite fortunate!
I HAVE to get to work now. I don't wanna. LOL I'd rather stay and play! LOL
I think the standard now is use numbers (6)
...
I only took the standard deductions
and it still happened to me. What I couldn't understand was that I was supposed to be in a less likely audit bracket because that year I was an employee, an IC and an SE. (they were trying to see if I met employee status on my SE account).
Isn't the standard deduction much more than $2K? nm
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Double standard
So we expect MDs to always have their complete attention on every word out of their mouths, which would be nice, but some of them put in 70 or more hours a week at the office/hospital, and have mountains of dictation to complete each week. But we expect them to never make a misspeak, even though on these boards we have a heart attack if one poster points out another poster's spelling or grammar error. Never mind that we are supposed to be better at English than the MDs, but we don't have to use our skills in writing posts (which is MUCH easier to do well than never making a misspeak), even if the post has to do with getting a job. That's quite a double standard, if you ask me.
What is the industry standard...sm
Tried to post this on Wednesday, will try again...I need to know what is the industry standard conversion for minutes dictated to minutes typed? Not how much do you do - but what is average for one hour dictation - how many hours typed. Bosses think we're taking too long but we do not get automatic demographics and need to look on log sheets (if they arrive and if they're correct) for everything from patient name to referring doctors, addresses, patient #'s, etc. So I need to give him an "average" number of hours dictated equal "X" amount of hours typed taking into consideration the lack of information, the searching we must do and the various typing speeds. I'm not going to "judge" anyone's advice - just need some input from those that have been there. Thanks for sharing.
AAMT is only the standard on
That account would be the one I type online. The other accounts, that are much more profitable than the typing I do online could give a rat's crap whether I'm certified. They think I'm great, and they pay me for it. No QA (don't need it), and my TAT is great. I'm very reliable, accountable, and have a lot of social grace. Not a machine here.... typing out those lines for the almight online MTSO's. Just type for one, and thank goodness they are fair, and I don't feel like I'm "doin' time". I get raises, and they don't hassle me all day through IM or nitpicky QA issues. Spent 1-3 days in QA when I first started, and now whatever they give me, I type, and do not require QA. 
There is a standard scale!
I know this is an old post, but I just ran across it. There absolutely is a standard scale. The AAMT website has it under an article titled Metrics for Measuring Quality in Medical Transcription (2005). I wish I could give you the exact page, but I only have the .pdf of that article - but it was only downloaded last week, so it'll still be there. 
That's not a standard description, so
you can only be sure by asking the person who used it.
Industry Standard for VR Pay?
What is the industry standard for VR pay? Specifically for someone just starting out.
Agreed, standard set, so
who would that be? When can we start? Who wants to help? What about a committe appointed and administered through a university with Merriam-Webster, Stedmans, NIH, etc. on the committee. I once met the man (on the phone) who started Sno-Med. Wish I could find his phone number. Maybe he could help us all. All this middle-man stuff and uncertainty has to stop. Thanks for your post.
yea but it is industry standard!
and also as i put in my email to my doc... the templates and macros BENEFIT YOU!
The old standard used to be three times the sm
length of the dictation is the typing time so 30 minutes would be 90 minutes. I'm not sure with Expander programs on one end and then horrible ESL and sometimes horrible audio - what the "standard" is now - I definitely struggle with it though :)
What is the difference between PRO and Standard?
Standard is to allow 3 to 5 minutes of
transcription time per 1 minute of dictation.
Your standard deduction -
Do you have other things to count such as mortgage interest, etc? If you don't, then yes, your standard deduction would be the better deal.
I just finished a personal income tax preparation class in my accounting program in college. I always thought I was doing something with those deductions too until I took this class. Went back and looked at my old returns and lo and behold, always just took the standard deduction.
Personally, I am just upset that I took so much time keeping up with all those receipts and so forth!!!
is the standard for medical transcription. nt
HELP! S/L BEA or VEA standard anastomosis??nmTIA!!
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Is the layout the same as for a standard keyboard? sm
Also, have you ever used a Goldtouch or Microsoft Natural? What would be the pros and cons?
Comfort Standard keyboard
SM lead me to the website that sells several different keyboards. The one I'd be ordering (if I had any money...ha-ha!) would be the Comfort Standard. Check out www.sforh.com/keyboards/split and you'll see which one I'm talking about. It's $$350, so I guess I'll just have my old one fixed and save up the money for the Comfort Standard. :)
The double standard existed before
we got involved, i.e. they supposedly have more education and certainly make more money than we do, so why should we be expected to not only be perfect, but to fix their mistakes too??
I prefer standard typing...
I cannot stand a new account to VR. Such a waste of $! The system tries to learn the doc and you have to retype the entire report. When the system knows a doc well, it is a piece of cake though. Especially when the system knows an ESL doc....now THAT is amazing!
each co. sets their own % to deduct, there is no standard
You would need to check the QA policy at your company to see what they deduct in points or percentage for each type of error. What Spheris does versus TTS or Medquist or whoever, it's all different.
No it is just a standard pedal, I just plugged it into - sm
the USB port on the front of my computer since they were easier to get to than the ones on the back. I have never heard of any where you plug your keyboard into the footpedal.
Stedman's. www.stedmans.com, and get the Standard
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Try using a standard-sized bed pillow
instead of a board. I put the pillow on my keyboard tray or I prop it against my desk. My posture is better and you aren't banging on a hard surface. It helps with wrists, elbows, and shoulders.
It may take a day or two to get used to. I found a sort of quishy pillow works better than a very firm pillow. I don't have problems with the keyboard bouncing off. I've also had the pillow up again my chest (I have a large ledge - LOL) and I type with the keyboard angled down sometimes. The pillow supports my forearms that way and relieves the stress on my shoulders/back.
Yes, 65-character line is standard. You
were lucky if being paid by the line still, including blank lines.
I assume that they are told what is ASR and what is Standard...
and they know exactly what each one means.
I am sure tht also over there a different cpl rate applies.
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